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GOTV (Get Out the Vote) robocalls are a valuable campaign tool for candidates who are looking for a targeted and inexpensive method to remind voters about election information. Candidates or their spokespeople can send out pre-recorded messages via phone to thousands of voters simultaneously for a fraction of what it would cost to send campaign literature through the mail. Fact is, people do really forget to vote and the United States has one of the lowest voting rates in the free world hovering around 50% at a time when many European countries average well over 80% turnouts.

Cuban Fidel Castro made a suggestion for American people: vote for a robot this November. Former Cuban President, in his latest op-ed, stated that "90 percent of voting Americans, especially Hispanics, blacks and the growing number of the impoverished middle class, would vote for the robot." While the current US political scene stands divided between Obama and yet unknown definite Republican candidate, a robot would certainly be a novelty. Now, if we are to consider HAL9000 (Artificial Intelligence from 2001:A Space Odyssey) as a serious candidate, we should compare him to the current White House incumbent in a imagined debate.

It seems former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh didn't want to take any chances on Sunday, even if it meant giving up his democratic right. Singh, who is locked in a straight battle for the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat with BJP's Pragya Thakur, didn't leave the constituency and missed voting in Rajgarh.

EDINBURGH, Sept 15, 2014 (AFP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday makes his last visit to Scotland ahead of this week's independence referendum, hoping to boost the "No" vote, with polls predicting a very tight race.

Ukraine's interim leaders were set to join prayers for peace Saturday on the eve of a crucial presidential vote that Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged to respect.

Millions of Australians voted in national elections Saturday with conservative challenger Tony Abbott heading for a thumping victory over Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

Commons expected to approve plans to hold a referendum on the alternative vote system

EU parliamentary voting got underway in Greece, Romania and Lithuania Sunday, the final day of a massive process expected to give eurosceptic parties a boost.

Andheri West is the 165th constituency in 288 constituencies in Maharashtra This year, there are a total of 305553 electors in Andheri West. Out of the total, 160817 are male and 144730 are female electors Ameet B Satam of the BJP won this seat in the 2014 elections. Andheri West Assembly Election 2019 | The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the dates for the Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly polls. Voting for the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly will be held on 21 October in a single phase. The counting of votes and final results will be declared on 24 October. The term of the Devendra Fadnavis-led current Maharashtra Assembly will end on 9 November.

Please vote in the June 8th primary. In California, the June 8th Primary Election is fast approaching. If you vote by absentee/mail ballot, then you need to mail your ballot in the next day, or, so; ballots have to be received by election day.

UP Election 2022: 55 assembly seats to vote in UP assembly election Phase 2 - Hereʼs all you need to know | Editorji

PML-N candidate for NA-122 constituency cast his vote, hoping that ruling party would retain its...;

Voting and activism are important ways to make change. Another way to make a difference is to run for elected office. It's time for the 99% to do so.

Iraqis on Wednesday vote in the first parliamentary election since US troops left in 2011, and as the country experiences a protracted surge in violence.

Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani pledged Sunday to fight on after coming second in preliminary election results, setting the stage for a difficult run-off vote likely to be targeted by Taliban militants.

The United States praised millions of Afghan voters who defied Taliban threats and attacks to vote in a presidential run-off election securing the country's first democratic transfer of power, with counting set to begin Sunday.

Afghanistan's presidential election results will be announced Thursday after authorities completed fraud investigations into the first round of voting to find a successor to Hamid Karzai as the war-torn country enters a new era.

Tehran, YJC. Foreign Ministry in a statement addressing the recent elections in Afghanistan has urged the neighbor country's leaders to respect the public choice.